Oscillations of a Spring - Block System

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Oscillations of a Spring - Block System: Overview

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A block of mass M is placed on a smooth horizontal surface, and it is pulled by a light spring as shown in the diagram. If the ends A and B of the spring are moving with 4 m s-1 and 2 m s-1 respectively in the same direction and at this moment the rate at which spring energy is increasing is 20 J s-1, then what is the value of spring force (in N)?

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A mass of 0.2 kg is attached to the lower end of a massless spring of force constant 200 N m-1, the upper end of which is fixed to a rigid support. Which of the following statement is true?

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An arrangement of spring, strings, pulley and masses is shown in the figure below.
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The pulley and the strings are massless and M>m. The spring is light with spring constant k. If the string connecting m to the ground is detached, then immediately after detachment

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Two blocks of masses m and M are moving with speed v1 and v2v1>v2 in the same direction on the frictionless surface respectively, M being ahead of m. An ideal spring of force constant k is attached to the backside of M (as shown). The maximum compression of the spring when the blocks collide is 

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Angular frequency in SHM is given by  ω = k m . Maximum acceleration in SHM is ω 2 A and maximum value of friction between two bodies in contact is μ N , where N is the normal reaction between the bodies.
  Now the value of k, the force constant is increased, then the maximum amplitude calculated in above question will

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Electrostatic force on a charged particle is given by F = q E . If q is positive F E  and if q negative F E

In the figure mA = mB = 1 kg. Block A is neutral while qB = - 1C. Sizes of A and B are negligible. B is released from rest at a distance 1.8 m from A. Initially  spring is neither compressed nor elongated.
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Equilibrium position of the combined mass is at x = ........m

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Statement 1: Acceleration must be proportional to displacement and directed towards mean position in a simple harmonic motion.

Statement 2: A mass M is suspended from vertical spring of some force constant and the equation of motion is My=-ky+Mg as shown in the Figure, then it shows that motion is not simple harmonic unless Mg is negligibly small.

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Let k be the spring constant of a spring. If the spring is cut into two equal parts, then spring constant of each part is

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A spring with a spring constant 1200 N m-1 is mounted on a horizontal table as shown. A mass of 3 kg is attached to the free end of the spring. Then the mass is pulled sideways to a distance of 2.0 cm and released. If the maximum acceleration of the mass and the maximum speed of the mass is x m s-2 and y m s-1 respectively. Then the value of x+y is:

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The time period of mass M when displaced from its equilibrium position and then released for the system as shown in figure is
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A spring balance has a scale that reads from 0 to 50 kg. The length of the scale is 20 cm. A block of mass m is suspended from this balance, displaced from its mean position and released, it oscillates with a period 0.5 s. The value of m is (Take g=10 m s-2)

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Two blocks each of mass m, kept on smooth surface, are connected by a spring of spring constant k as shown in the figure.
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If the blocks are displaced slightly in opposite directions and released, they will execute simple harmonic motion. The time period of oscillation is

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Natural length of the spring is 40 cm and its spring constant is 4000 N m-1. A mass of 20 kg is hung from it. The extension produced in the spring is
(Given  g =9.8 m s-2 )

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The minimum time taken by a spring block system (having time period T) to travel a distance equal to amplitude of motion is equal to

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A particle, at the end of a spring, executes simple harmonic motion with a period t1, while the corresponding period, for another spring, is t2. If the period of oscillation with the two springs in series is T, then

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A mass on the end of a spring undergoes simple harmonic motion with a frequency of 0.5 Hz. If the attached mass is reduced to one quarter of its value, then the new frequency in Hz is

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A particle of mass m is attached to three identical springs A, B and C each of force constant k a shown in figure. If the particle of mass m is pushed slightly against the spring A and released then the time period of oscillations is


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One end of a spring of force constant k is fixed to a vertical wall and the other to a block of mass m resting on a smooth horizontal surface. There is another wall at a distance x0 from the block. The spring is then compressed by 2x0 and released. The time taken to strike the wall is


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Two identical balls A and B each of mass 0.1 kg are attached to two identical massless springs. The spring mass system is constrained to move inside a rigid smooth pipe of bent in the form of a circle as shown in the figure. The pipe is fixed in a horizontal plane. The centers of the balls can move in a circle of radius 0.06m. Each spring has a natural length of 0.06πm and force constant 0.1Nm . Initially both the balls are displaced by an angle θ=π6 radian with respect to the diameter PQ of the circle and released from rest. The frequency of oscillation of the ball B is
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An ideal spring with spring-constant K is hung from the ceiling and a block of mass M is attached to its lower end. The mass is released with the spring initially unstretched. Then the maximum extension in the spring is